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herw.

banishment, exile, outlawry

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɛru/North-Wales/ˈheːru/South-Wales/ˈhɛru/South-Wales
  1. banishment, exile, outlawry

    masculine · not-mutable
  2. raid, pillage, plundering

    masculine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh herw, from Proto-Celtic *serwā, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“booty”). Cognate with Old Irish serb (“theft”).

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